Advertising device.



No. 783,542. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. L. V. REDPATH & S. R. GORBITTY.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 28, 1904.

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ERTISING DEVICE.

OATION FILED MAY 28, 1904.

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LlONEL V. REDPATH, OF Pl-HLADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND SAMUEL R.UORBITT, OE MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

ADVlElTf'lSlNC-S DEVlCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,542, dated February28, 1905.

Application filed May 28, 1904. Serial No. 210,316.

To all whom 21/ may concern: v

Be it known that we, LIONEL V. R'ED'PA'IH, residing at Philadelphia,Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, and SAMUEL R. CORBITT, rcsid- 5 ingat Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, citizens of the United States,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AdvertisingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

to Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inadvertising devices, and has special reference to an improvement in anadvertising device to be placed on the arms of chairs to displayadvertising-cards.

I 5 The object of our invention is to provide a novel and usefulimprovement in means of displaying advertising-cards, as will be morefully hereinafter set forth in the drawings, specification, and claims.

2 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the chair, showingour attachment. Fig. 2 is a plan View, about full size, of a part of theback end of the arm of the chair with our attachment in place. Fig. 3 isthe cone 2 spending view of the front end of the arm of the chair. Fig.4 is a sectional elevation of the back end of the arm and attachment,and Fig. 5 the corresponding view of the front end of the arm.

Referring now to the drawings, in which the parts are indicated bynumerals, our invention, which may be attached to any form of chair, isshown attached to arocker 1, having straight flat arms 2 2, to which theframes 3 5 3 3 are attached by hinges 4. These hinges are preferablymade with a bent strap which extends under and is attached to the lowerside of the chair-arm, so that they do not deface an exposed part of thechair and may 4 therefore be removed without leaving the chair defaced.These hinges also preferably come beneath the frame 3 and arecountersunk in said frame, so that they do not show on the surface ofthe frame. It, however, is

of course possible to use ornamental hinges and allow them to show onthe end and top of the frame, if desired.

The frame 3, as shown by Figs. 2 nd 4,

of the chair to permit the said frame to be 5 opened without bindingagainst the said back. The front end of the frame 3 is preferably heldon by a latch 7, which is attached to the under side of the frame andcountersunk in same, as shown by Fig. 5, the said frame be ingpreferably made to extend over the front end of the arm 3, so as toconceal the latch as much as possible, and is provided with a hinge 8,having a hasp 9, adapted to engage in a lock 10, so that the frame maybe locked in place. This lock 10 may be of any usual trunk or other typelock and is therefore not described in detail.

The frame 3 is provided with a glass '11, which may be held by a rabbet,but which is 5 preferably beveled, as shown at 12, to engage a likebevel in the frame. If held by a rabbet, the glass will of course bebelow the top surface of the frame; but if the glass be hereled it ispreferably so placed in the frame 7 that it will be 'liush with the topof said frame, thus providing a top for the chair-arm which is perfectlysmooth. Against the under side of this glass the advertising cards 13are placed. These may bear any kind of advcrtising desired and may beremoved and new ones inserted whenever desirable. Against the under sideor backs of these cards is a back 14, which holds the cards firmlyagainst the glass. This back 14 is preferably of such 30 thickness thatit will bear against the cards and hold them in place against the glasswhen in position and at the same time will come against the arm.

'15 represents catches which are counter- 5 sunk in the frame 3 and inthe back 14 and which hold the back in place after the cards have beenput in. WVe have only shown one of these on the under side of the chair;but it is of course understood that as many as may 9 be desired,in'eferably three or more, can be used. These catches 15 are preferablyheld to the under side of the frame 3 by screws 16, around which theymay be turned to release the back 14. An enlarged countersunk place 17is provided in the back of the frame 3 to .permit this movement.

a should be placed far enough from the back 6 it will thus be seen thatwe have a displayframe with a glass to display advertising, having itssurface flush with the top of the frame and a back to hold theadvertising in place against the glass, the frame being hinged to thechair-arm and provided with a lock or other fastening to hold it againstthe chairarm. It is also so placed that the removal of either the hingeor the lock or both of these from the chair-arm will leave the exposedportions of the arm unscarred.

It is of course understood that certain changes in the details notaffecting the merits of the invention may be made in this design.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent in the United States, is-

1. In an advertising device, the combination with the chair-arm, of aframe hinged to said arm, at one end, a clasp to hold the opposite endagainst said arm, a glass in said frame, a plurality of advertisingcardsagainst the lower side of said glass, and a back to hold said cardsagainst said glass, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an advertising device, the combination with the chair-arm, of aframe, a hinge at one end of said frame, a clasp on the opposite end ofsaid frame, a glass in said frame, and a plurality of advertising-cardsheld against the under side of said glass, substantially as shown anddescribed. r

3. In an advertising device, the combination with the chair-arm, of aframe attached to said arm, a beveled glass in said frame having itssurface flush with the top of said frame, a plurality ofadvertising-cards against the lower side of said glass, and a back insaid frame to hold said cards against said glass and a clasp to holdsaid back, substantially as shown and described.

4. In an advertisingdevice, the combination with the chair-arm, of aframe, a hinge at one end attached to the under side of said chairarm, ahasp attached to the under side of said frame, a beveled glass in saidframe having its surface flush with the top of said frame, a pluralityof advertising-cards against the un der side of said glass, a back tohold said cards in place and a clasp to hold said back, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LIONEL V. REDPATH. SAMUEL R. CORBITT. \Vitnesses:

L. D. SMITH, J. H. \VEATHERFORD.

